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  2. POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

    The sensational charges made against leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties of being corrupted by the Standard Oil Trust have been followed by additional ...

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  3. ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE.

    A terrible street accident occurred yesterday on the Berlin elevated electric railway. The driver of an overhead train, ...

    Article : 98 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    According to the "Daily Express," the Licensing Bill, which was in the committee stage in the House of Commons when Parliament adjourned for the autumn recess, ...

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  5. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    In commenting on the despatch of the Admiralty to the Government of the Commonwealth with respect to Australian naval defence, the "Pall Mall Gazette" ...

    Article : 230 words
  6. BRITISH NAVAL VISIT.

    When the Premier (Sir Thomas Bent) suggested that a British fleet should be invited to visit Australia, the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) announced that he had ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor-General will receive addresses from public bodies at half-past 11 o'clock this morning. Those attending are requested to enter by the ...

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  8. BARQUE WRECKED.

    HOBART, Sunday.—An appalling shipping disaster occurred on Saturday morning[?] when the barque Loch Finlas struck a reef off Foster Island, near Cape Portland, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. LAND POLICY.

    HORSHAM, Sunday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Mackey), Mr. F. Hagelthorn, M.L.C., and Messrs. Cameron, Hutchinson, and Thompson, M.L.A.'s, were entertained ...

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  10. BULGARIA AND TURKEY.

    The relations of Turkey and Bulgaria are causing some anxiety. The action of Bulgaria in seizing the Bulgarian sections of the Oriental railway, and claiming a ...

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  11. IRRIGATION WORKS.

    The Minister for Water Supply (Mr. Swinburne) and the chairman of the Water Supply Commission (Mr. Mead) visited a number of irrigation works in ...

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  12. BRITISH GOODS.

    In January last the Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain despatched Mr. Ben Morgan as a commissioner to inquire into the position of trade and its prospects ...

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  13. LABOUR PROBLEMS.

    A serious disturbance occurred yesterday at Manchester, where the unemployed, incited by socialists, have lately resorted to violence. A crowd of 2,000 unemployed ...

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  14. HARBOUR TRUST LEGISLATION.

    Sir Thomas Bent has quite mistaken the sentiment of the shipping and trading community if he imagines that his interpretation of their discontent over the ...

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  15. JEWS IN PALESTINE.

    An endeavour is being made for the settlement of Jews by securing for them large tracts of land in Palestine. Under the new Turkish constitution provision is ...

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  16. NEW YORK BROKERS.

    The disclosure of enormous bogus sales on the part of Messrs. A. O. Brown and Co., a Wall-street firm, which was followed by the suspension of the firm, has resulted ...

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  17. LIFE IN THE WIMMERA.

    HORSHAM, Thursday.—In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice A'Beckett and a jury, Emma Louisa Jende petitioned for a judicial separation from her husband, ...

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  18. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The question of wh[?]t nick-name would best suit them was submitted to the Australasian Rugby Union football team, and after consideration they have decided to be ...

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  19. KING ALFONSO.

    The discovery has been made of a plot to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain at Biarritz, the fashionable Spanish watering- place. A Spaniard named Fernando ...

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  20. MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS.

    The prosecution and exemplary punishment of a number of members of the Mile End Board of Guardians for corruption has been followed by the indictment of seven ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. COMMONWEALTH FISHERIES.

    A crew of about 16 all told will be needed to man the new Commonwealth fisheries investigation vessel, which was christened "The Endeavour" by Mrs. Keating in ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. ANTI-TRUST ACT.

    Two cases under the Anti-Trust Act—the first undertaken in the Commonwealth—are to be heard in the City Court this morning. The defendants are Messrs. Huddart, ...

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  23. EARTHQUAKE AT SEA[?]

    An extraordinary accident at sea, consequent on an earthquake, has been reported from America. The steamer Radames, on the voyage from ...

    Article : 178 words
  24. HUMOURS OF BOWLS.

    Mr. Justice Cussen was in a humorous vein on Saturday afternoon, when he opened the grounds of the Auburn Heights Bowling Club for the present season, at the ...

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  25. INDIAN SEDITION.

    A Hindu named Kali Charamukerj[?]e, who is known to have been engaged in the manufacture of bombs, has been convicted at Aligarh, in the North-West Provinces, ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. MOTOR RACING.

    The race of four-inch cylinder motor-cars on the Isle of Man over a course of 338 miles, to determine the highest speed obtainable with an unlimited supply of fuel, ...

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  27. SNOWBALLING INCIDENT.

    BERRINGA, Sunday.—Snowballing a coachdriver named Jack Knight on August 26 led to L. Reitze being proceeded against at the Berringa Police Court for using ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. RUSSIAN STEAMERS.

    The Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, whose service is subsidised by the Russian Government, has let a contract for the building of five steamers for trade with ...

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  29. MR. G. READ MURPHY, P.M.

    Mr. G. Read Murphy, P.M., proposes to take steps to test the question which he has already raised—the right of the public service commissioner to appoint a board to ...

    Article : 334 words
  30. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.

    Fearful mortality from cholera, largely due to the ignorance and superstitions of the populace, are occurring in the town and district of Krasnayi Yar, in south-[?]ast ...

    Article : 125 words
  31. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    Although during the past couple of weeks the receipts from the railways have shown a slight falling-off, as compared with last year's figures, the revenue since the ...

    Article : 310 words
  32. REV. C. H. NASH.

    GEELONG, Sunday.—The Rev. C. H. Nash made a statement before a crowded congregation at Christ Church this morning. He said that he felt it to be his duty ...

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  33. U.S. FLEET'S LAST MESSAGE.

    Sir,—What do you think of Sydney? How do you like our harbour? What do you think of Melbourne? What do you think of our streets? And, how do you like ...

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  34. PRESTON WATERWORKS.

    Portion of the retaining wall which is being built at the new Preston[?] reservoir collapsed on Thursday. The wall is being constructed of reinforced concrete. It is ...

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  35. PERSIA'S PARLIAMENT.

    The Shah of Persia has yielded to pressure put upon him by his own subjects, and to the friendly advice of Great Britain and Russia, and has consented to summon a ...

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  36. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10.—Eastern Extension Austra[?]asian and China Telegraph Co. v. the Commonwealth (judgment); Davidson v. Chri[?]side (part heard); Dunlop v. Cooper (5,585); Dunlop v. Cooper ...

    Article : 218 words
  37. HIS LAST CHANGE.

    A novel appeal was made to a London magistrate yesterday by a habitual criminal who appeared before him. He asked that [?]e might be allowed a "last chance," and ...

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  38. CAPTAIN SHOOTS HIMSELF.

    HOBART, Sunday.—The voyage of the French ship Caillon, which arrived in Storm Bay, at the mouth of the Derwent River, on Friday, from Birkenhead, has had a ...

    Article : 186 words
  39. HORSE JUMPS RAILWAY GATES.

    On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Otto Preuss, undertaker, of Burwood-road, Hawthorn, and his son, Mr. E. Pre[?]ss, were returning home with a coffin waggon along ...

    Article : 148 words
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  41. THE YELLOW FLAG.

    PERTH, Sunday.—The French mail steamer Oceanien arrived at Fremantle from home ports yesterday, flying the yellow flag. After leaving Bombay, two firemen ...

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  42. CHARITABLE APPEALS.

    In response to the appeal of Councillor Rogers, mayor of Port Melbourne, on behalf of a widow and four young children left unprovided for, we have received the following additonal amount:— ...

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  43. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Michael Kelly, of Curzon-street, North Melbourne, carpenter. Causes of insolvency —Pressure of creditors, want of constant employment, and losses on contracts. ...

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